OS & 9/11 Hearings

[BJ Peters]

Thanks Michael-- I appreciate your offer to keep me posted on your
Chicago conference as things progress. Be Peace --BJ

On Saturday, April 10, 2004, at 03:04 PM, Michael Herman wrote:

> not sure the candidates and campaigns could or should do this, bj.
> they
> are designed for getting elected.  that process is pretty dicey,
> founded
> as it is on control of story.  they have to take their cues from us.
> they can't really lead, they are just scrambling to follow.
>
> so seems we need to organize these things for ourselves and then take
> the results to candidates adn elected folks and say "do this..."  and
> also, there is a bunch of stuff that we will need to do for ourselves,
> which will entail going to govt resources and asking for certain info
> or
> support or whatever.  we need to be educating ourselves and each other.
>
> the blogosphere, a vast and growing network of weblogs (blogs) is one
> way that folks are educating themselves and others about many of these
> issues.
>
> jeff aitken, who i think must still be lurking here somewhere, has
> posted recently in his blog about an effort called "imagine america"
> that seeks to make conversations in spite of the election... for the
> election and beyond.
>
> national coalition for dialogue and deliberation and the 'let's talk
> america' project http://www.thataway.org is also doing things like
> this.
>
> corrigan and i and some others are coming at things from the
> perspective
> of "giving" and that will emerge as a conference here in chicago in
> july.  will share that invite as things progress.  latest news is at
> http://www.gifthub.org
>
> so i think these things are happening.  as more people convene living
> room sessions, park bench sessions, etc, write things up and study
> things on the web, i think that before too too long we end up with a
> different sort of candidate bubbling up...
>
> my two cents.  mh
>
>
>
> BJ Peters wrote:
>
>> Jim-- I've been thinking about this as well. What if we could convince
>> the John Kerry campaign to do this? Or our local senatorial and
>> congressional campaigns? Be Peace --BJ
>>
>> On Friday, April 9, 2004, at 06:16 PM, Jim Metcalf wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for raising great questions that touches on a topic I've been
>>> thinking about for some time:
>>> It seems to me that one of the most important jobs of a President
>>> today
>>> should be to engage the American people, maybe even the world's
>>> people, on
>>> important topics of conversation. Corporate ethics, equitable
>>> taxation,
>>> NAFTA and GATT, are all examples of topics that we should talk about
>>> in some
>>> coordinate fashion as a nation, so that sound ideas can gain
>>> increasingly
>>> large hearing, and that differing regional needs can be taken into
>>> account.
>>>
>>> Best Wishes Always,
>>> Jim Metcalf
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Peter or
>>> Esther
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>>> Subject: OS & 9/11 Hearings
>>>
>>> If the lessons being learned in the 9/11 hearings are that
>>> information,
>>> concerns, urgencies are not getting around...then:
>>>
>>> Isn't there some way that the incoming and outgoing administrations
>>> could have a big Open Space event to transfer information, concerns,
>>> urgencies each time?
>>>
>>> AND, isn't there a way that ANY administration could hold a series of
>>> Open Space events to enhance the flow of information, concerns,
>>> urgencies throughout that enormous entity.
>>>
>>> How would they EVER be open enough to move past hierarchal thinking
>>> toward inclusive Open Space?
>>>
>>> Just sitting here watching those 9/11 hearings,
>>> Peter Fisher
>>> Asheville, North Carolina
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